Bitexco Financial Tower

Bitexco Financial Tower is a
skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, owned by Bitexco Group, a Vietnamese
company. With 68 floors above ground and three basements, the building has a
height of 262.5 metres (861 ft), making it the 124th tallest building in the
world. The tower was made by the French company AREP and architects J.M.
Duthilleul, E. Tricaud and Carlos Zapata. World renowned Ecuadorian architect
Carlos Zapata, the creative mastermind behind Bitexco Financial Tower, drew
inspiration for this skyscraper’s unique shape from Vietnam’s national flower,
the Lotus.[citation needed] The tower was the tallest building in Vietnam from
2010 to early 2011 when Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower topped out on 24 January
2011.